Definition of westbound
: traveling or heading west
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Examples of westbound in a Sentence
Traffic in the westbound lane is backing up.
Recent Examples of westbound from the Web
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Drivers should use alternative routes such as the northbound side of the 800 block of 6th Street and the westbound side of the 600 block of H Street NW, according to D.C. Police.
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The crash happened in the westbound lanes near Goldenrod Road.
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The state Department of Transportation and Development has unveiled a project to add a third travel lane to the east- and westbound sides of I-12 for a seven-mile stretch from roughly Louisiana 59 to just west of Louisiana 21.
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Drivers began reporting the two riderless horses disrupting traffic on the westbound side of the highway shortly before 6 p.m., according to State Police.
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Michigan State Police helped organize semi-trucks underneath the overpass as the man hung over the side of a safe fence, first closing down the highway’s eastbound lanes before shutting down the westbound side.
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Harrison, in replying to other Facebook users, said the cops waved 6 or 7 of the truckers through on the eastbound side of the freeway, then did the same thing on the westbound side.
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The left two lanes of the westbound side of the highway also were blocked while Cincinnati fire trucks responded.
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The truck subsequently jackknifed and slid across all lanes of traffic, leading to the shutdown of the westbound side for a full eight hours.
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First Known Use of westbound
1847
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: going west
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